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2nd Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment

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2nd Pennsylvania Cavalry
ActiveSeptember 1861 – June 17, 1865
CountryUnited States of America
AllegianceUnion
BranchCavalry
EngagementsBattle of Cedar Mountain
Second Battle of Bull Run
Battle of Chantilly
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Gettysburg
Bristoe Campaign
Mine Run Campaign
Battle of the Wilderness
Battle of Todd's Tavern
Battle of Yellow Tavern
Battle of Cold Harbor
Battle of Trevilian Station
Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road
First Battle of Deep Bottom
Battle of Hatcher's Run
Battle of Appomattox Court House

The 2nd Pennsylvania Cavalry (59th Volunteers) was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

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The 2nd Pennsylvania Cavalry was organized in Harrisburg and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania beginning in September 1861 as the "59th Volunteers" and mustered in for three years service under the command of Colonel Richard Butler Price.

The regiment was attached to Sturgis' Command, Military District of Washington, to August 1862. John Buford's Cavalry Brigade, II Corps, Army of Virginia, to September 1862. Price's Cavalry Brigade, Defenses of Washington, to March 1863. 2nd Brigade, Stahel's Cavalry Division, XXII Corps, to June 1863. Provost Guard, Army of the Potomac, to December 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac, to February 1865. Provost Guard, Army of the Potomac, to June 1865.

The 2nd Pennsylvania Cavalry ceased to exist on June 17, 1865, when it was consolidated with the 20th Pennsylvania Cavalry to form the 1st Regiment Pennsylvania Provisional Cavalry.

Casualties

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The regiment lost a total of 253 men during service; 6 officers and 52 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 2 officers and 193 enlisted men died of disease.

Commanders

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  • Colonel Richard Butler Price - promoted to brevet brigadier general March 13, 1865[1]
  • Colonel William W. Sanders - Transferred to 1st Pro. Cavalry, June 17, 1865 [1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Bates, Samuel P. (Samuel Penniman) (1871). History of Pennsylvania volunteers, 1861-5; prepared in compliance with acts of the legislature, by Samuel P. Bates. Harrisburg,: B. Singerly, state printer. p. 326.
  • Ceremonies of the Dedication of the Monument of the Second Pennsylvania Cavalry, (Fifty-Ninth Regiment) on the Battle-field of Gettysburg, on Pennsylvania Day, September 11, 1889 (Williamsport, PA: Gazette and Bulletin Printing House), 1890.
  • Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co.), 1908.
  • Second Pennsylvania Cavalry First Annual Reunion Held at Harrisburg: Election of Officers and Action Concerning a Regimental Monument (Williamsport, PA: Second Pennsylvania Cavalry Association), 1889.
Attribution
  • Public Domain This article contains text from a text now in the public domain: Dyer, Frederick H. (1908). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Des Moines, IA: Dyer Publishing Co.
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